Amanda desde niña aprendió a tocar el piano gracias a su madre. Creció en Lexington, Massachusetts. Ella asistió a la escuela secundaria de Lexington, donde estaba muy envuelta en el departamento de drama, y recibió su licenciatura en Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Wesleyan. Organizó actuaciones basadas en el trabajo de los Legendary Pink Dots. Y formó The Shadowbox Collective, consagrada a montar muestras teatrales, actos de teatro callejero.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
[Verse 1] CC7 Sid Vicious played a four-string Fender bass guitar and couldn't sing Fsus2G7sus4G7 And everybody hated him except the ones who loved him CC7 A ukulele has four strings, but Sid did not play ukulele Fsus2G7sus4G7 He did smack and probably killed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen
[Verse 2] CC7Fsus2 If only Sid had had a ukulele, maybe he would have been happy G7sus4G7 Maybe he would not have suffered such a sad end CC7 He maybe would have not done all that heroin instead Fsus2G7sus4G7 He maybe would've sat around just singing nice songs to his girlfriend
[Chorus] CC7 So play your favorite cover song, especially if the words are wrong Fsus2G7sus4G7 'cause even if your grades are bad, it doesn't mean you're failing CC7 Do your homework with a fork and eat your fruit loops in the dark Fsus2G7sus4G7 And bring your etch-a-sketch to work and play your ukulele
[Bridge] Fsus2G7 Ukulele, small and fierceful, ukulele, brave and peaceful CFsus2 You can play the ukulele, too, it is painfully simple Fsus2G7 Play your ukulele badly, play your ukulele loudly Bb6 Ukulele banish evil, ukulele save the people Bb6 Ukulele gleaming golden from the top of every steeple
[Verse 3] CC7 Lizzie borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks Fsus2G7sus4G7 Then gave her father forty-one and left a tragic puzzle CC7 If only they had given her an instrument, those puritans Fsus2G7sus4G7 Had lost the plot completely, see what happens when you muzzle
[Verse 4] CC7 A person's creativity and do not let them sing and scream Fsus2G7sus4G7 And nowadays it's worse, 'cause kids have automatic handguns CC7 It takes about an hour to teach someone to play the ukulele Fsus2G7sus4G7 About the same to teach someone to build a standard pipe bomb, you do the math!
[Chorus] CC7 So play your favorite cover song, especially if the words are wrong Fsus2G7sus4G7 'cause even if your grades are bad, it doesn't mean you're failing CC7 Do your homework with a fork and eat your fruit loops in the dark Fsus2G7sus4G7 And bring your flask of jack to work and play your ukulele
[Bridge] Fsus2G7 Ukulele, thing of wonder, ukulele, wand of thunder CFsus2 You can play the ukulele, too, in London and down under Fsus2G7 Play Joan Jett and play Jacques Brel and Eminem and Neutral Milk Ho- Bb6 Tell the children, crush the hatred, play your ukulele naked Bb6 If anybody tries to steal your ukulele, let them take it
[Verse 5] CC7 Imagine there's no music, imagine there are no songs Fsus2G7sus4G7 Imagine that John Lennon wasn't shot in front of his apartment CC7Fsus2 Now imagine if John Lennon had composed "Imagine" for the ukulele G7sus4G7 Maybe people would have truly got the message
[Verse 6] CC7 You may think my approach is simple-minded and naive Fsus2G7sus4G7 Like if you want to change the world, then why not quit and feed the hungry? CC7 But people for millennia have needed music to survive Fsus2G7sus4G7 And that is why I've promised John that I will not feel guilty
[Verse 7] CC7 So play your favorite Beatles song and make the subway fall in love Fsus2G7sus4G7 They're only nineteen ninety-five, that isn't lots of money CC7 Play until the sun comes up and play until your fingers suffer Fsus2G7sus4G7 Play LCD Soundsystem songs on your ukulele
[Verse 8] CC7 Quit the bitching on your blog and stop pretending art is hard Fsus2G7sus4G7 Just limit yourself to three chords and do not practice daily CC7 You'll minimize some stranger's sadness with a piece of wood and plastic Fsus2G7sus4G7 Holy fuck, it's so fantastic, playing ukulele
[Verse 9] CC7 Eat your homework with a fork and do your fruit loops in the dark Fsus2 And bring your etch-a-sketch to work, your flask of jack, your vibrator Fsus2 Your fear of heights, your Nikon lens
[Verse 10] CC7 Your mom and dad, your disco stick, your soundtrack to "Karate Kid" Fsus2G7sus4G7 Your ginsu knives, your rosary, your new Rebecca Black CD CC7 Your favorite room, your bowie knife, your stuffed giraffe, your new glass eye Fsus2G7sus4G7 Your sousaphone, your breakfast tea, your Nick Drake tapes, your giving tree CC7 Your ice cream truck, your missing wife, your will to live, your urge to cry Fsus2C Remember we're all gonna die, so play your ukulele